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Ghana looks to World Cup after U-20 success

Ghanaians clad in the national colors of red, gold and green celebrated long into the night on Friday as excitement over the national team's penalty shootout victory over Brazil in the final of the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt brought the West African nation to a standstill.

Firm offers to settle toxic waste case in Ivory Coast

A giant oil-trading company is offering to pay thousands of Africans a settlement after a contractor illegally dumped toxic waste in West Africa three years ago.

Latin American drug cartels find home in West Africa

Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.

Disease fears in West Africa after heavy flooding

After weeks of torrential rain and flooding in West Africa, humanitarian aid agencies on the ground fear an outbreak of diseases like malaria and cholera.

West Africa flooding affects 600,000, U.N. reports

Torrential rains and flooding since June have affected 600,000 people in 16 West African nations, the United Nations reported Tuesday.

350,000 displaced by floods in West Africa

At least 30 people were killed and 350,000 displaced when torrential rains soaked much of West Africa, the United Nations said Friday.

Blood donors on tap on world's largest floating hospital

Ali Herbert has spent the last seven months being "a walking blood bank" aboard one of the the world's largest hospital ships.

12 similar flights deepen Air France 447 mystery

At least 12 airplanes shared the trans-Atlantic sky with doomed Air France Flight 447, but none reported any problems, deepening the mystery surrounding the cause of the plane's disappearance.

Elephants suffering in Mali drought

The bodies of young elephants covered in the brown dirt of dried-up wells tell a heartrending story.

African pirates copy ideas for ransom riches

Incident details: "Armed pirates chased, boarded and hijacked a fishing trawler underway" southeast of Mogadishu, Somalia. "Several persons armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machetes attempting to climb onboard with use of rope" at Lagos anchorage, Nigeria.

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